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#1 Atletico's defensive solidity will keep buoying them forward
In a game where defensive stability is looked at with less reverence than attacking brashness, Atletico Madrid offers a welcome divergence. It was their defensive solidity that saw them through once again.
They starved Marseille off opportunities with a Kostas Mitroglou header that crashed against the post being their only notable effort on goal on the night.
On nights like these, the defence has to step up to the plate and at the Stade des Lumieres, only one team's defence truly came to their own.
While Marseille's defence made errors that led to their undoing, Atletico's defence shut up shop and won Atletico Madrid the title. Simple as that.
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